Sad-iron.



E. H. ZOLLAR & C. T. JOHNSON.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2|, I912.

Patented July 23, 1918- PNDm-Llrnll. wukma an. n. L,

UNITED sra'rns PATENT oFr cE.

EDWARD H. ZOLL R ND CHAR v JOHNSON, 0 CANAL DOVER, OHIOv SAZD-IRON.

Application filed October 21, 1912. Serial No. 726,878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDWARD H. ZOLLAR andCHARLES T. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, residing at CanalDover, county of Tuscarawas, and State of Ohio, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in that class of sad irons, whichcomprise among other things, a smoothing core and a removable shell andhandle.

1st, to provide means for preventing the wooden member from turning onthe metallic central member of the handle;

2nd, to provide means for preventing the respective end members of thehandle from becoming detached from the shell;

3rd, to provide means for rigidly securing the center post to the core;and

4th, to provide means for yieldingly and detachably connecting the headof the center post of the shell.

Our invention is further explained by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the core and handle and alongitudinal sectional view of the core inclosing shell,

Fig. 2 is a top view of the device, drawn on line w-w of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view partly in vertical section of the fastening plate,and

Fig. 4 is an end view of the hand piece of the handle.

Like parts are identified by the same ref erence numerals throughout theseveral views.

1 is the core of a sad iron. 2 is the center post. The core 1 isprovided with a vertical screw threaded aperture 3 for the reception ofthe threaded end 4 of the center post. 5 is a lock nut by which thecenter post is rigidly locked to the core. The center post 2 is providedwith a head 6 beneath which the resilient fastening plate 7 is adaptedto engage, when the shell is secured to the core. It will be understoodthat the fastening post 2 is first turned down in the aperture 3, whenthe lock nut 5 is turned down firmly against the upper surface of thecore 1, whereby. the post is rigidly secured in said core and theliability of it becoming loose in or disengaged therefrom is avoided.

8 represents the wooden or fibrous hand Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

piece of the handle, which is rigidly secured to the central member 10of such handle, as ipdicated by dotted lines. The hand plece S 1sprovided at its longitudinal center with an aperture 12 for thereception of the central member 10 of the handle, and at 1ts respectiveends with grooves or notches 13 for the reception of the opposingsurfaces of the end members 14 of the handle, whereby when said handpiece is in place, the grooves 13 are adapted to engage upon therespective sides of the end members 14, whereby the hand piece 8 isprevented from turning on the central member 10.

15 is the core inc-losing shell, which is preferably made of heavyresilient sheet metal and is pressed into the required shape to closelyfit the upwardly converging member 16 of the core. The shell 15 isprovided with two apertures 17 for the reception of the threaded endmembers 18 of the handle, and said threaded end members are eachprovided with nuts 19, which have threaded bearings on said. endmembers, whereby when said end members 18 have been inserted in saidapertures 17, they are securely held in place by turning down said nuts19 on said end members, whereby the handle is rigidly and securelysecured to the core inelosing shell. The resilient locking plate 7 ispivotally connected to the upper surface of the shell by the pivotalbolt or rivet 20. Said shell 15 is provided with a central aperture 21for the reception of the fastening post 2 and said resilient fasteningplate 7 is provided with a segmental recess 22, which is adapted toengage the upper end of said fastening post 2 beneath the head 6.

23 is an operating knob or hand piece by which the resilient fasteningplate 7 is moved into and out of engagement with said post. 'Thefastening plate 7 is provided with an upwardly curved bearing surface24, which is adapted to contact with the lower side of the head 6 ofsaid fastening post as the resilient plate '7 is brought into engagementwith said post, whereby the shell is forced downwardly and held inyielding contact with the head 25 of the core. By thus securing the handpiece 8 to the end members 14: of the handle, it is prevented fromturning and such parts are rigidly secured together and the liability oftheir becoming loose or rattling is prevented. Also the lock nut 5prevents the liability of the post 2 from becoming loose in or de- 7Copies of this patent may be obtained'for the shell is forced intoyielding contact with the core, whereby all of said cooperating partsare firmly and rigidly secured together and the liability ,ofany of suchparts becoming loose or detached, is obviated.

Having thus described our invention, what weiclaim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'- Ina device of the described class, thecombination with a smoothing core, an inclosing shell, of a fasteninglever pivotally connected at one end with said shell and provided uponone side with an upwardly curved resiliently yielding bearing surfaceand upon its opposite side with a recess, said recess being formed forthe reception of the upper end of a fastening bolt, the lower end ofwhich bolt is rigidly connected with said smoothing core.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

v I EDWARD H. ZOLLAR.

'Witnesses v V EDWARD E. BUERKEL, AARON WENGER.

five cents each, by addressing' the Gommission er o fIE'atents,Washington, D. G.

CHARLES-Te. JOHNSON; i

